A digest of January & February’s
international news in the retail fuel sector.
www.erpecnewslive.com
Issue No 79 | January / February 2018
EUROPEAN EDITION
BP dismisses claims the UK
would be ‘diminished’ by Brexit
of the prime minister’s attempts to
‘negotiate a very complex agreement. He
warned: “Most negotiations don’t get done
until right before deadline, so I think we are
in for a year of uncertainty.”
London the venue for idac
conference 2018
McLean Events has announced that the
idac international fuel retail conference will
be staged at London’s prestigious Olympia
Conference Centre from the 26-27 November
2018. idac is the leading international
conference for the retail fuel sector, attracting
multiple MOC groups and renown
speakers from around the world since it was
first launched in 2015. Most recently idac
was staged in Amsterdam last May. The
idac 18 speaker programme will be segregated
into dedicated streams of Corporate
identity, Retail Solutions, IT, Fuel Dispensing,
Engineering, Wetstock Management
and Car Wash Systems, inviting as many
key manufacturers and providers as possible
to make product presentations, alongside
eight key note guest speakers from the
oil companies and major international retailers.
Last year idac was honoured to have
Ruth Leach, VP Global Engineering of Shell,
filling one of these key slots. A re-focussed
erpec will run as part of the idac 18 programme,
allowing the opportunity for all delegates
to meet with those suppliers taking
part. London is the most visited international
destination in the world, as confirmed by
2017 official tourist statistics. Olympia is one
of history’s most famous venues, just a short
tube ride from Heathrow airport and recently
benefiting from a £40m facelift. More details
on speaker applications, delegate fees and
sponsorship opportunities will be available
soon. www.idac18.com.
Shell commits to worldwide expansion
of retail fuel networks
While many oil producers may be stepping
about 1,300, and plans to build another 50
this year while also rolling out new features
to capture more of drivers’ retail dollars and
building up its business for commercial customers,
he said. A key to Shell’s strategy is
tailoring the stations to regional preferences.
For example, in Canada, Shell is planning
to announce a program to increase its
healthy food offerings in the coming weeks.
Be connected,
EOS connected
BP chief executive Bob Dudley dismissed
claims the UK would be ‘diminished’ by
Brexit but admitted the world was still ‘confused’
at the decision Teresa May’s government
has pinned its post-Brexit hopes on a
raft of new trade deals with nations around
the world, including the United States, Australia
and China BP chief Mr Dudley told The
Times: ‘There are a lot of countries around
the world that would like trade deals with
Britain bilaterally down the road, I hear that
a lot. I don’t think British influence is diminished.
BP works all over the world and
I see the importance of Britain in what we
do and how they view BP.’ Mr Dudley said
‘the world is confused about what to make
of Brexit’ but added that he was ‘very supportive’
back from their retail operations, Shell
is doubling down. Shell, which has about
44,000 filling stations around the world is
ramping up spending in China, India, Indonesia
and Russia, Istvan Kapitany, head of
Shell’s global retail business, said in a recent
interview. Shell added 50 fuel stations
in Canada last year, bringing its total to
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